Saffron-roast cauliflower

Name: Saffron-roast cauliflower
Yield: Serves 4 as a side dish
Cuisine: India
Ingredients: salt; 1 tsp vegetable oil or butter; 1/2 tsp chilli flakes; 1/2 tsp roughly crushed cumin seeds; 3 tbsp raisins, soaked in water, then squeezed dry; 4 tbsp chopped coriander leaves; 1 tsp vegetable oil or butter; 2 tbsp pine nuts; 1 cauliflower, cut into florets; 11/2 tsp saffron threads; 2 bay leaves; 4 tbsp vegetable oil; 1 tsp grated root ginger; 1 large red onion, thinly sliced

Preparation info

Serves
4
as a side dish

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Reza's Indian Spice

By Reza Mahammad

Published 2012

About

Roasting cauliflower brings out a lovely colour and flavour, so if you’ve never tried it, you really should. The saffron is marvellous in this Indo-Middle Eastern recipe.

Ingredients

11/2 tsp saffron threads
1 cauliflower, cut into florets
1 large red onion, thinly

Asia
India
Side dish
Gluten-free
Vegetarian

Method

Soak the saffron in 75 ml boiling water for five minutes. Preheat the oven to 200°C/400°F/gas mark 6.

Mix all the ingredients thoroughly in a bowl. Transfer to an ovenproof dish an